At last, after years and years of campaigning, it appears to me that the public are against whaling. The report by the National Geographic website clearly indicates to me that whaling is gradually fading away which is amazing news for animal advocates. I can hardly …
Coral reefs are made up of marine organisms which reproduce externally by releasing their reproductive cells, namely sperm and eggs, into the water at the same time. The reproductive process is dependent upon the natural rhythms of daytime and night-time and other environmental and biological …
Female gelada monkeys of Ethiopian rapidly mature in the presence of an incoming breeding male. While the biological father of the gelada monkey is present in the life of a female offspring she suppresses her maturation but on the arrival of a new breeding male, …
The UK government, in advance of an application for judicial review brought by Wild Justice, a pressure group, have decided to amend the law through a statutory instrument which will add pheasants and red-legged partridges to Schedule 9 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. …
NEWS AND VIEWS (COMMENT): Clearly, the Danish mink farming industry is in catastrophic crisis but it may be a good thing because there have been calls to finish it anyway. Most of the mink fur farmed in Denmark is exported to China and it is …
Dogs at Helsinki airport that have been trained to detect Covid-19 are picking up infections in people at a very early stage and before the disease can be detected by the official laboratory tests. This is a remarkable finding. There was some concern initially because …
Horses can hear better than humans. They can detect a wider range of sounds in terms of frequency and their hearing is more acute. Whereas horses can hear sounds up to 25,000 Hz (25 kHz), humans can hear sounds up to about 20,000 Hz and …
A seven-year-old girl, Amelia Drewett, found the giant snakeskin in Oxford, UK, where she lives. She was out walking with her grandfather in a suburb when she found it. Her family tried to find the owner without success. She was told by the RSPCA that …
Indy is being trained to detect bushmeat which is informally slaughtered wild animals eaten by people. It’s a major cause of wildlife loss in Africa including primates, incidentally. Indy is a 14-week-old springer spaniel and she is in the early stages of her training to …
